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Crazier to go from radio only to movies, or from TV and no internet to today?

Which is the objectively crazier progression to see in one l...
TurboGrafx-67
  06/26/26
I don't think it was the internet itself that caused things ...
Ape Arrogance
  06/26/26
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Bellevue therapy dog tp (retired on 11/11/26)
  06/27/26
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Rampart
  06/27/26
"Social media" got reconned onto everything. Like ...
cowgod
  06/27/26
bad take on the last part. early internet was extremely egal...
Ape Arrogance
  06/27/26
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Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle
  06/27/26
TV to internet is a way, way bigger change than radio to TV....
Nazca Redlines
  06/27/26
It's the interactive aspect of the internet that makes it no...
Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle
  06/27/26
The telegraph was probably the most fundamental shock compar...
Sickly argumentative UES Jew in puffy jacket
  06/27/26
Which gave me unlimited access to every genre of porn for fr...
Mega Penis
  06/27/26


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Date: June 26th, 2026 11:37 PM
Author: TurboGrafx-67

Which is the objectively crazier progression to see in one lifetime? Personally I don't think internet is a huge deal vs TV only days. People were already looking at screens all day without the internet.

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Date: June 26th, 2026 11:40 PM
Author: Ape Arrogance

I don't think it was the internet itself that caused things to change significantly... I think at first it was just a cool way to find info and connect with randos... but once you bring in social media + having the internet in our pockets all day, that makes it a more dramatic shift than radio to movies/TV

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Date: June 27th, 2026 12:41 AM
Author: Bellevue therapy dog tp (retired on 11/11/26)



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Date: June 27th, 2026 1:31 PM
Author: Rampart ( )



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Date: June 27th, 2026 1:34 PM
Author: cowgod

"Social media" got reconned onto everything. Like people would consider xo a "social media site." Also some of these prole redditors call reddit an "app."

Like me using myspace or facebook in 2005 is the Same Thing as this other shit or geocities to me. I call the 2010s shift that occured, "proles/Women using the internet," imo, and not, "Social Media."

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Date: June 27th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: Ape Arrogance

bad take on the last part. early internet was extremely egalitarian. shit like nerdy listservs, IRC, geocities, livejournal, and Forums were enjoyed by Men, Women, and proles alike.

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Date: June 27th, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±)



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Date: June 27th, 2026 1:40 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

TV to internet is a way, way bigger change than radio to TV.

TV is pretty much just radio with visuals. Both are linear, non-interactive mediums for broadcasting entertainment and information. TV is a bigger time suck, but it's not that different, not in comparison to how completely different the internet is.

The internet is different in kind. It's interactive. It's global. You can be the star of the show. You can silo into whatever little corner of the internet (or web 1.0 chatbort) you want to.

Think of this hypothetical: how different is a society with radio from one with radio and TV? Now think of the difference adding the internet to the mix makes.

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Date: June 27th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: Taylor Swift is not a hobby she is a lifestyle (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±)

It's the interactive aspect of the internet that makes it not even close.

A better q would be going from tv/movies to the internet vs. going from the internet to AI. I think the latter is more significant of a change by a country mile.

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Date: June 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: Sickly argumentative UES Jew in puffy jacket

The telegraph was probably the most fundamental shock compared to what existed before.

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Date: June 27th, 2026 2:58 PM
Author: Mega Penis

Which gave me unlimited access to every genre of porn for free in my house at all times? That one.

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